Car-door bracket.



J. J. BYERS.

CAR DOOR BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED mac. 21. I912.

1,156,587. Patented 00t.12,1915.

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JACOB J. BYERS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL MALLEABLE CASTINGS COMPANY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

CAR-DOOR BRACKET.

Application filed December 27, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB J. BYERS, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Door Brackets, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional side view of my device showing its application to a car; Fig. 2 is a front elevation partly broken away, and Fig. 3 is a plan view thereof.

My invention relates to brackets for doors of freight cars and is designed to provide a construction which will be burglar proof and which will prevent the loosening of the bracket either by thereinoval of the bolts or by the revolving of the bracket.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a bracket preferably cast in one piece, having faceplate 2, a bed-plate 3 and an upwardly extending retaining flange 1 for the car door, which is strengthened by the reinforcing webs 5. In the bed-plate 3 is an opening 6 substantially rectangular in form, in which are positioned near the top of the opening the lugs 7 and 8 which eX- tend from the side walls 9 and 10 and the flanged. The opening 6 admits to a chamber 11in the bracket below the bed-plate 3. The face-plate 2 of the bracket A has apertures 12 and 18 for reception of the arms 14 and 15 of the U-shaped bolt B. 16 and 17 are the nuts for the arms 14 and 15.

The bracket A is fastened to the car sill G by the bolt B. A semicircular bearing block D under the rounded portion 18 of the bolt B provides the necessary bearing for the bolt against the car sill C. The

soft metal plate 19 has an aperture 20, through its lower portion 21. for reception of the arm 14 of the bolt B. The upper portion 22 of this plate is adapted to be bent from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 into the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3, after the bracket is in place.

The bracket is applied to the car as follows: The bearing D is the arms 14 and 15 of the bolt B are passed through the sill U and through the aper Specification of Letters Patent.

put in place and,

Patented Oct. 12, 1915.

Serial No. 738,824.

tures 12 and 13 of the bracket A. The lower portion 21 of the plate 19 is passed through the opening 6, and is put over the end of arm 14 of the bolt B. The nuts 16 and 17 are then applied to the arms 14 and 15 of the bolt B, and the bolt B is finally drawn down into place by tightening the. nut 17 on the lower arm 15. After the bolt has been tightened into place, the upper end 22 of the plate 19 isbent down until it rests on lugs 7 and 8, thereby closing the opening 6 and preventing the chamber, 11 from becoming filled with dirt. An opening 2-; is provided through which any dust or water which enters the chamber 11 may escape. As this opening 24: is located directly over the arm 15 of the bolt B, it is impossible to gain access therethrough to the nut 16.

It is obvious that when the car door E is in the closed position, shown in Fig. 1, it will be impossible to bend up the plate: 19 and thus gain access to the chamber 11 for the purpose of removing the bracket. Although the nut 17 may be removed at any time, the U-shape of the bolt B and the engagement of its arms with the car sill C will prevent'its rotation and the loosening or removal of the bracket.

I claim as new:

1. In a car door bracket, an inclosed chamber, a securing bolt, one end of which is positioned in said chamber, one Wall of the chamber having an aperture therein, and a closure for said aperture, said closure being secured to the bracket by the bolt.

2. A car door bracket having an inclosed chamber therein, and a U-shaped bolt for fastening the. bracket to the car, one of the arms of said bolt terminating within the said chamber.

3. A car door bracket comprising a base plate, apertures in the plate for the reception of bolting members, a chamber adjacent to one of said apertures, an opening in the chamber for access to the bolt therein, and a closure for the opening.

JACOB J. BYERS.

Witnesses:

E. 0. BROWN, B. N. CoNLIN.

fiopies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G. 

